Autopsy confirms Monroe inmate's death was a suicide

Tuesday

Jan 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM

An autopsy conducted Monday confirmed the death of an inmate in the Monroe County Correctional Facility was a suicide, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said. Christopher Strachn, 21, was pronounced dead at 2:42 a.m. Sunday, according to Allen.

An autopsy conducted Monday confirmed the death of an inmate in the Monroe County Correctional Facility was a suicide, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said.

Christopher Strachn, 21, was pronounced dead at 2:42 a.m. Sunday, according to Allen.

Allen said Sunday that it appeared that Strachn used his bedsheets, which he tied to the steel frame of his bunk bed, to strangle himself. Strachn was in the cell by himself when he was found by a corrections officer.

In June, Strachn was charged with murdering his mother, Adrienne Strachn, in their Pleasant Valley Estates home.

When a death is reported at a correctional facility, it is protocol for the district attorney's office in conjunction with the state police to investigate, even if the death isn't considered suspicious, said Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine Jr.